ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed on Saturday announced that strict action will be taken within 72 hours against anyone found giving slanderous remarks against Pakistan Army or any other state institution.

Sheikh Rasheed said this while speaking to media in Rawalpindi. He also criticized the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM). He said the Pakistan Peoples Party had won against the PDM by forcing them to contest elections.

Furthermore, the interior minister admired PPP chairperson Bilawal Bhutto Zardari for “playing well”.

In response to a question about former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s passport issue, he said that Nawaz Sharif’s passport will be expiring on 16th February. 

According to Sheiklh Rasheed, Pakistan received 200,000 online visa applications from 192 countries, where the facility of online visa was provided.